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Boy, 12, survives ‘freak’ trampoline accident after metal spring shot into his back ‘like a bullet’

A 12-year-old boy in the United Kingdom was rushed to the hospital after a metal coil from a trampoline dislodged and shot into his back — only narrowly missing his spine.

Jamie Quinlan, 12, was jumping on a friend’s trampoline on Sunday when the incident occurred. The coil ripped through the boy’s T-shirt and lodged itself roughly two inches deep into his back, just centimeters away from his spine.

A boy narrowly avoided life-threatening injuries after a freak trampoline accident saw a spring enter his back like a bullet.(SWNS)

Jamie was rushed to Sheffield Children’s Hospital, where he underwent an emergency procedure to remove the coil.

“It could have happened to anyone,” his father, Ian, 62, told SWNS. “Jamie has been so brave. I want people to be aware of how dangerous trampolines can be if there’s no cover on the springs, or if there’s a gap.”

Jamie Quinlan, 12, holds the coil that pierced his back. (SWNS)

“The spring had come off the trampoline like a bullet,” he added. “If it had hit elsewhere on Jamie’s body, in his head or throat, we could have lost him.”